FLASHING SONY XPERIA E WITH FIRFOX OS

Firefox OS is coming with a big bang as as much as 18 world’s most popular telecom carriers along with hardware manufacturing giants such as Qualcomm, Foxconn. On the other hand Smartphone manufacturers such as LG, ZTE, SONY, Alcatel and Huawei join hands with Mozilla to support the initiative Open Source Web. As the progress is going on rapidly, testing the Firefox OS on various devices is mandatory. While ZTE and Alcatelalready reveled their first Firefox OS powered devices respectively, SONY, LG, Huaweiare yet to confirm the names.

How to Flash your Sony Xperia E with Firefox OS

SONY, one of the major player in the Smartphone market announced that they will bring the Firefox OS to their portfolio later this year and they begin that initiative with the first Custom ROM to flash Xperia E. Here is the complete tutorial of How to Flash your Sony Xperia E with Firefox OS.

How to flash Firefox OS on Xperia™ ENow that you have a basic understanding of Firefox OS, and if you’re ready to start tinkering with it on an Xperia™ device (for now, Xperia™ E), the next step is to flash Firefox OS on it. Before you flash this experimental ROM, please consider the following carefully:

• Before you unlock the boot loader, make sure that you have read and understood that unlocking the boot loader may void the warranty of your device.
• You must be using an unlocked Xperia™ E. It will not work on a locked Xperia™ E.
• You should be an advanced developer with extensive knowledge in how to flash and switch between different ROMs. If you are a consumer without these developer skills, then we strongly recommend you not do try this as you may damage your phone.
• Some of the features are not switched on or implemented:
  • No radio connectivity available, due to that this software has not passed certification and type approval. This means that you cannot make any phone calls or use Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
  • The functionality of the SD card might be unstable.
  • The touch sensitivity is not fully calibrated.

This software can be flashed on an Xperia™ E that has similar hardware specifications as the initial scope of the first version of Firefox OS and is therefore a natural candidate.

Flash Firefox OS on your Xperia™ E by performing the following steps:

1. Unlock the boot loader using our unlock boot loader service. Note that the possibility to unlock a device can sometimes be restricted due to operator restrictions. Also note that once you’ve unlocked your phone, you will not get any official software updates from Sony.
2. Download and install the flash tool for Xperia.
3. Start the flash tool and connect your phone as described in the flash tool instructions. When you connect your unlocked Xperia™ E, the Firefox OS software will be available to flash. There is also a standard Sony software version that you can flash, if you want to go back to Android™ from the Firefox OS software.

If everything went well, your device is now ready to boot with Firefox OS. Turn on the power and after the initial boot sequence, you can start to explore Firefox OS.

NOTE: Do this at your own risk, if you don’t have any idea on how to flash a custom ROM, Don’t try this, you might brick your Smartphone. Neither we, nor SONY will be responsible for any mishaps.